University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings Textile Society of America 1994 Dressing the Part: Indigenous Costume as Political and Cultural Discourse in Peru Katharine E. Seibold Albertson College of Idaho,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf Part of the Art and Materials Conservation Commons, Art Practice Commons, Fashion Design Commons, Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts Commons, Fine Arts Commons, and the Museum Studies Commons Seibold, Katharine E., "Dressing the Part: Indigenous Costume as Political and Cultural Discourse in Peru" (1994). Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings. 1059. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/1059 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Textile Society of America at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Seibold, Katherine E. “Dressing the Part: Indigenous Costume as Political and Cultural Discourse in Peru.” Contact, Crossover, Continuity: Proceedings of the Fourth Biennial Symposium of the Textile Society of America, September 22–24, 1994 (Los Angeles, CA: Textile Society of America, Inc., 1995). DRESSING THE PART: INDIGENOUS COSTUME AS POLITICAL AND CULTURAL DISCOURSE IN PERU KATHARINE E. SEIBOLD Anthropology, Box 114, Albertson College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 INTRODUCTION In Latin America, indigenous clothing has often been equated with indigenous cultural identity (Schevill 1986). When we speak of indigenous fashion as being a marker of cultural identity, we must also examine the more fluid roles of the indigenous individual and community within the state.